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As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

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09/19/2017

NYTimes examines how the processed food, soda and fast food industries’ increasing focus on markets in the developing world — and the accompanying rise in obesity rates and weight-related illnesses — is playing out around the globe.

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International/Foreign Affairs

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Making Kids Into “Makers”

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09/22/2017

The new annual Inventor’s Challenge prompts children to develop their creative problem-solving skills by building something to address a problem in their community.

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Education

Opinion: Powered by Women - Philanthropy in the Age of Trump Needs to Address Gender

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09/25/2017

... IX, rolling back access to reproductive rights, defunding programs that aim to end gender-based violence, or seeking to ...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Gender Justice

Open Society, Ford Foundation, Unbound Philanthropy Support Delivering on the Dream Initiative

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09/27/2017

The Trump Administration's decision to end DACA has created a lot of anger and pushback, including from some prominent corporate leaders. But what are foundations doing to protect undocumented young people from deportation and save DACA, the fate of...

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Philanthropic & Nonprofit Sectors

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Immigration

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Ford Foundation

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Unbound Philanthropy

Opinion: New York City’s Runaway Homeless Youth Deserve Better Services

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09/28/2017

... crises shelters and transitional independent living programs where he felt safe and better positioned to start ...

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Housing and Homelessness

Toward Liberation: A Staunch Social Justice Funder Puts Women of Color Up Front

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09/29/2017

... fund the reproductive justice movement. Across all of its programs , Groundswell is awarding $7.4 million this year. ...

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Gender Justice

UJA-Federation of New York Receives $20 Million Gift

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10/02/2017

The UJA-Federation of New York has announced a $20 million legacy gift from the Jack S. & Shirley M. Silver Foundation in support of the organization's Jewish Day Camp Centennial Signature Initiative.

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UJA-Federation of New York

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Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students

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10/06/2017

... technical maker space packed with the latest machines and programs to spur hands-on STEM learning. As Fab Labs branch ...

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Education

Towards a Fine-Free Future: JPB Foundation Tackles a Barrier to Public Library Engagement

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10/27/2017

By funding the library system's surprisingly costly amnesty program, JPB calls to light a problematic and age-old obstacle to public library engagement: library fines.

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Helmsley Charitable Trust Commits $5 Million to JDRF T1D Fund

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10/27/2017

The JDRF T1D Fund, a venture philanthropy fund focused on developing life-changing approaches to the prevention and treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), has announced a $5 million commitment from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust.

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

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Health

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The Rockefeller Foundation Joins Hotel Industry To Reduce Food Waste

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11/14/2017

Today, World Wildlife Fund and the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA), with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, unveil results from a set of projects demonstrating innovative strategies aimed at reducing food waste in the hotel...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

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Food Systems

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11 Jan 2018

Valuing the Family in Family Philanthropy - Webinar

Thursday, January 11, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How do you value the family in family philanthropy? Join NCFP President Ginny Eposito as she interviews three generations of family members.

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All Funders

08 Feb 2018

Choosing and Using Multiple Vehicles for Family Giving - Webinar

Thursday, February 8, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Increasingly, philanthropic families are using multiple tools and strategies to achieve their goals.

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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All Funders

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19 Apr 2018

Civil Conversations in Uncivil Times - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, April 19, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Society is becoming increasingly divisive. What roles can family foundations play in finding ways to support meaningful dialogue across “party lines” within their community?

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Family Foundation

10 May 2018

Privacy, Purpose and the Public Trust: Finding a Balance - A Webinar Hosted by NCFP

Thursday, May 10, 2018 -

12:00pm to 1:30pm

How do you balance what you share externally with your family’s need for privacy?

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Family Foundation

14 Feb 2018

Roundtable on DREAMers: How Do We Protect and Support DACA Recipients, Dreamers and Their Families Now?

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 -

9:00am to 11:00am

The deadline for certain Dreamers to renew their immigration status as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has passed, the DACA program has been terminated, and as every day passes, DACAmented immigrants are losing...

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Roundtable Discussion

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All Funders

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Immigration

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John B. King Jr., President and CEO of The Education Trust Speaks at the First Annual PNY Policy Forum

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01/31/2018

John B. King, Jr., CEO of The Education Trust, former U.S. Secretary of Education, and former New York State Education Commissioner touches on ESSA implementation, equity in education and policy opportunities in today’s political environment.

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PhilTalks

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Education

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The Century Foundation

How Salesforce is Innovating Corporate Philanthropy and Workplace Giving

Release Date:

03/09/2018

... incomes. But it doesn’t help that many employee giving programs seem so lackluster. In the age of crowdfunding, ...

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Corporate Social Responsibility

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Bloomberg Philanthropies Supports Community Art to Keep NYC on the Cultural Edge

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03/27/2018

A $75 million donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies and $45 million more from Frank McCourt, Jr. to arts nonprofit The Shed puts to the test whether mega-donors see New York City or Los Angeles as the national art capital of the future.

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